90% of Individuals Believe Software Risk Management is Important for Achieving Success
What's in an Outsourcing Project? (It's Not As Obvious As It Seems)
What's in an Outsourcing Project? (It's Not As Obvious As It Seems)
Germany's Invitation to IT Workers Gets Lukewarm Response in Poland
Germany's Invitation to IT Workers Gets Lukewarm Response in Poland
Germany's Invitation to IT Workers Gets Lukewarm Response in Poland
Germany's Invitation to IT Workers Gets Lukewarm Response in Poland
The ROI Crisis
Microsoft's DNA Components
Microsoft has a long tradition of renaming things. In the case of its component standards, they have gone from OLE and OCXs to VBXs, and from COM and ActiveXs to Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS). Now that Windows 2000 is out and COM and MTS have been combined, it's time for another name change, and apparently the new name is DNA components.
Please, Not Another Methodology Feud
I was fortunate enough to attend the Cutter Consortium Summit 2000 and, over the course of this year's Summit, I sensed an undercurrent around Extreme Programming (XP) versus more conventional, model-driven development. I don't remember the issue being specifically framed for formal discussion and debate, but it was alluded to several times.
Please, Not Another Methodology Feud
I was fortunate enough to attend the Cutter Consortium Summit 2000 and, over the course of this year's Summit, I sensed an undercurrent around Extreme Programming (XP) versus more conventional, model-driven d
Please, Not Another Methodology Feud
I was fortunate enough to attend the Cutter Consortium Summit 2000 and, over the course of this year's Summit, I sensed an undercurrent around Extreme Programming (XP) versus more conventional, model-driven d
Organizing for Serious Component Reuse
Microsoft and the Mainstream IT Organization
Latest SEI Statistics Show Increasing CMM Emphasis
Latest SEI Statistics Show Increasing CMM Emphasis
Latest SEI Statistics Show Increasing CMM Emphasis
Microsoft and the Mainstream IT Organization
Microsoft and the Mainstream IT Organization
What Is Constraining Your Organization?
Recently, I was rereading one of my favorite stories about strategy implementation, It's Not Luck, by Eli Goldratt (North River Press, 1994). Once again, I was struck by a particular insight the protagonist has that many managers never acquire. Let me explain.
Java One
Sun held its annual Java Users Conference in San Francisco this past week. There were about 5,000 very enthusiastic people in attendance -- mostly young developers eager to learn the latest Java programming tricks.
E-Configuration Management
I recently had a conversation with an old colleague from my quality assurance days on the topic of configuration management. As is typical in these conversations, the first challenge was to make sure we were talking about the same thing.
E-Configuration Management
I recently had a conversation with an old colleague from my quality assurance days on the topic of configuration management.
E-Configuration Management
I recently had a conversation with an old colleague from my quality assurance days on the topic of configuration management.
